LGBTQ

A Polish Catholic priest has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after an investigation into an August 30, 2023, gay adult play party in the priest’s apartment. At the party, a male sex worker collapsed after overdosing on erectile dysfunction medication and was subsequently “mutilated,” according to The New York Post. The victim ultimately

In Wisconsin, at one of Donald Trump’s recent presidential campaign stops – infrequent since he spends much of his time defending himself in several criminal and civil court cases – he lambasted President Joe Biden for issuing a White House proclamation on Sunday, March 31 as the annual International Trans Day of Visibility, which coincidentally fell on Easter

A new study published in the Social Science Research Network [SSRN] found that job applicants using they/them pronouns are less likely to be hired. The study’s author, University of Toronto Ph.D. candidate Taryn Eames, states it is “the first large-scale correspondence study focused on evaluating hiring discrimination based on pronoun disclosure.” Eames sent out 7,970

J.K. Rowling in 1999 Photo: USA TODAY via IMAGN After recent rants opposing a transgender-inclusive hate crime law and implying that trans people are criminals who don’t need legal protections, billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling recently published a 709-word social media post explaining her anti-trans views and what she has decided defines a woman.

Photo: Joseph Scheller/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Five angry Fox News hosts think the popular board game Scrabble is too “woke” because — in addition to banning racist and anti-LGBTQ+ slurs — a new version focuses more on having fun with friends than on competitive scoring. The popular word-spelling game recently released

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) and former President Donald Trump (R) Photo: C-SPAN screenshot President Donald Trump (R) helped defend Christian Nationalist Speaker Mike Johnson (R) from far-right House members threatening to kick him out by appearing in a joint press conference in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Together, they proposed a bill

O.J. Simpson at a 2017 parole hearing Photo: Jason Bean / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Following the death this week of O.J. Simpson, the British tabloid The Daily Mail suggested that the former NFL player’s well-documented history of violence could be chalked up in part to his “drag queen father.” Simpson’s family announced Wednesday

Both trans folks and gender-nonconforming cis folks say they face rampant harassment in public restrooms under Florida’s anti-trans Safety in Private Spaces Act. The law, which took effect last July after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it in May 2023, requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the sex they

Heartstopper actor Bradley Riches announced his engagement to his boyfriend, Scott Johnston, on social media. “I never thought I’d find someone who’s gets me and loves me for me,” he wrote in his Instagram post that included a photo of the two men surrounded by a heart made of rose petals. “I have always struggled

A controversial new report on gender-affirming healthcare has compelled the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) to demand data from all seven of its adult gender clinics. The NHS has also ordered the clinics to deny services to any clients younger than 18. The actions have concerned transgender healthcare advocates. The NHS’ orders follow the recent

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida education officials must allow a transgender teacher to use she/her pronouns in school. The teacher, Katie Wood, along with a nonbinary teacher, AV Schwandes, filed a lawsuit late last year challenging Florida’s HB 1069. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, states that “an employee

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s reelection campaign has launched “Out for Biden-Harris,” a new national initiative focused on rallying LGBTQ+ voters. The initiative acknowledges the crucial role LGBTQ+ have played in previous electoral wins. “LGBTQ+ voters are a force to be reckoned with,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement.

The distance that U.S. families must travel to access gender-affirming care for their transgender children has increased dramatically in recent years, along with associated travel costs, thanks to state laws banning such care for minors, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and the Southern Equality Research & Policy Center.

Photo: Screenshot, Camp Brave Trails Anti-LGBTQ+ activist group Gays Against Groomers is stoking the right-wing outrage machine with calls for a boycott of The North Face, citing the outdoor apparel company’s long-time sponsorship of a youth summer camp.   The self-loathing Gays Against Groomers dredged up a three-year-old tweet from The North Face touting their

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Far-right groups are amping up their efforts to potentially interfere in November’s elections. According to a new report in Wired, several groups with ties to both former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are already organizing on a “hyperlocal level” to get supporters to monitor polling places and ballot drop boxes and potentially

Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) yells as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address Photo: Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK House Republicans have been “dreading” their return to Washington D.C. after a two-week break because now they have to deal with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

The American Library Association (ALA) has released its top 10 most challenged books of 2023, and seven of them were challenged for LGBTQ+ content. “In looking at the title of the most challenged books from last year, it’s obvious that the pressure groups are targeting books about LGBTQ+ people and people of color,” said ALA

LGBTQ+ adults are twice as likely as non-LGBTQ+ adults to report negative experiences while receiving health care, according to recently released findings from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a non-partisan organization focused on health policy. KFF’s findings underscore the challenges that queer people face in medical settings, including the higher rates of discrimination

Activists in Hong Kong are incensed over new policies that are supposed to make it easier for trans folks to change the gender marker on their IDs but, in actuality, remain quite stringent. The policy changes came about after what at the time seemed like a landmark victory in 2023, in which Hong Kong’s highest

Ye, formally known as Kanye West Photo: Shutterstock A one-time employee fired by Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has accused the singer of homophobic behavior and simulating masturbation on a hotel bed while the man was forced to watch Robert Pattinson in The Batman movie on mute. The bizarre claims come as

Mexican soccer fans have shown once again what it’s like to be sore losers by causing another game to halt for lashing out with a trademark and homophobic chant as they neared defeat, this time against the United States men’s national soccer team No. 1 Matt Turner. With the U.S. leading 2-0 in the final

A mother and son team in the U.K. have launched an app designed to help LGBTQ+ people find safe harbor when they feel endangered. The BOBU app (available via Apple and Google) is an extension of Luciana and Nicholas Cousin’s “Back Off, Back Up” initiative, launched in 2021. The initiative provides training for local businesses

A queer parenting group at Chicago’s Northwestern University has created a vital support system that is helping its members better support their family members. The faculty-only group meets monthly at the University Women’s Center and is comprised of LGBTQ+ parents, parents of LGBTQ+ kids, and parents who want to raise their kids in affirming environments,

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Orville Peck and Willie Nelson in the video for “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other.” Photo: Screenshot Out country star Orville Peck and legendary performer Willie Nelson have teamed up on a queer country song that the 90-year-old icon thinks is “more important than ever.” On Friday, the duo released the video for

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Photo: White House Out White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denounced the Uganda Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the East African nation’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. The law, which was passed in 2023, faced a constitutional challenge late last year from two law professors at Makerere University in Kampala who argued

Oklahoma’s superintendent of public schools Ryan Walters Photo: WPDE-TV screenshot Voters in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently defeated school board candidates who support Ryan Walters, the anti-LGBTQ+ head of the state’s Department of Education. Concurrently, voters in St. Louis, Missouri rejected 13 right-wing school board candidates endorsed by a local anti-LGBTQ+ radio host. At least two of